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Do you remember the arrogance in the Medical Community when the first patients arrived in the US from Africa? Do you remember all the "volunteers" that lined up to treat them?
Remember being told that what happened in Africa would never happen here?
Remember all the talk about the "science" being known and how we could handle it?
It was all lies.
Ebola has a foothold.
This will get worse.
A second Texas health care worker who provided care for Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncanhas contracted the virus, according to preliminary test results released early Wednesday. The worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, state health officials said in a statement. Confirmatory testing will be carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. "Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored," the Texas Department of State Health Services said. "The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus." It is the third case diagnosed in the U.S.Question.
The worker was among those who took care of Duncan, who died a week ago after he wasdiagnosed with Ebola earlier this month. The first Texas Health Presbyterian nurse to become infected, Nina Pham, said in a statement Tuesday that she was "doing well" and grateful for her care. The CDC described the latest case involving a health care worker as a "serious concern." In a statement, it added: "As we have said before, because of our ongoing investigation, it is not unexpected that there would be additional exposures." Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person or exposure to contaminated objects such as needles. People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.
Do you remember the arrogance in the Medical Community when the first patients arrived in the US from Africa? Do you remember all the "volunteers" that lined up to treat them?
Remember being told that what happened in Africa would never happen here?
Remember all the talk about the "science" being known and how we could handle it?
It was all lies.
Ebola has a foothold.
This will get worse.
